Learning how to make simple video games can be easy, ... Francis was a writer for PC Gamer magazine when he made the jump into game design. Gunpoint, designed in GameMaker version 8.1, ...

Whether or not you’ve played any version of Counter-Strike, you know Dust 2. This sandy little box is the perfect example of simple yet elegant map design. There are long sightlines, corners ...

The map design of the past three Diablo games was similarly simple. Players saw an isometric view of the world, with 3D characters and locations placed in and operating across a 2D canvas.

A simple generative AI tool can create video game maps, character models and emojis from a single-sentence prompt within milliseconds. Julian Togelius and Timothy Merino at New York University and ...